Swans and Demons, Lions, Blues and Giants — which AFL teams are winning and losing the early expectations game?

Two rounds into the 2021 AFL season, and there are plenty of talking points — from higher scoring to the medical sub, to the first enforced “flexibility” of the league’s fixture due to COVID concerns.

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But as always, no matter how early we are in the season, the expectations game is playing out across the league.

It’s not a simple matter of looking at the ladder and pointing to the top three as the winners and the bottom two or three as losers.

How good a team was the year before, player additions and losses, and the general vibe coming out of a club in the pre-season all feed in to how performances are viewed.

Port Adelaide and Richmond at the top of the ladder is not a surprise. The Suns have recent history of starting the year…